It’S A Cat, Adopted By A Wolf Family? [EN]: Chapter 106

Kitty’s lips were moist, and Ethan felt an overwhelming urge to kiss them deeply.

But Kitty’s reaction was endearingly innocent.

Her tightly shut eyelids, trembling as if she were about to be devoured, and her stiff posture reminded him of her childlike innocence.

“E, Ethan. You can bite me as much as you want, if it makes you feel better.”

“…….”

“A, anywhere you want!”

Ethan didn’t want to waste the permission she had given him in the past.

However, he couldn’t simply stand by while this cat was practically begging for a kiss.

Suppressing the urge to devour her lips, Ethan gently kissed her cheek.

Kitty, who had been expecting a more passionate kiss, was visibly disappointed. It was as if all the air had been let out of her, even though she wasn’t a balloon.

Then, Ethan slightly bared his teeth and gently nipped her peach-colored cheek.

Munch―

“……!”

Instantly, Kitty felt every hair on her body stand on end. Her ears and tail popped out and bristled at the unfamiliar sensation.

It was a distinctly different feeling from when Theo and Deon, in their wolf forms, would gently nip her neck to guide her when she was a kitten. [Wolves often use gentle bites to guide their young.]

She thought Ethan might devour her whole. She was a little scared and frightened, but she didn’t want to stop him.

Rather, she felt an urge to experience that thrill again.

Holding her hands tightly in front of her chest, Kitty trembled and subtly offered her other cheek.

Seeing her cheek, which was even more flushed than before from the single kiss, Ethan swallowed hard.

His gaze deepened.

“…….”

He wanted to push Kitty against the tree behind her and slowly claim the cheek she had offered as his own.

If he left plenty of marks, no one else would dare to touch her.

“Ahem, ahem.”

Just as he was slowly appraising Kitty with a burning gaze, someone coughed.

Kitty was startled and opened her eyes.

Ethan’s squad members stood there, led by Catherine.

“Ethan, if you don’t stop there, Jackal will tear us all to shreds.”

“…….”

Ethan slowly removed his hand from Kitty’s shoulder. It would have been dangerous if Catherine hadn’t intervened.

Looking down, he saw Kitty’s face, which had turned as red as a boiled octopus. This innocent kitty had stiffened like a statue just from being seen kissing.

The sight made him chuckle; it was so cute.

Ethan carefully smoothed her hair to calm her down, a gesture he often used when little Kitty would cry at the slightest thing.

Surprisingly, as if she remembered the touch, Kitty’s flushed cheeks gradually returned to normal.

Catherine couldn’t help but smile warmly at the intimate scene. She understood why Ethan was so smitten with the cat girl.

She decided to give a polite greeting to the future mistress of Wyvern first. [In this context, ‘mistress’ refers to the female head of the Wyvern pack.]

“Miss Kitty, I apologize for the interruption. I am Catherine Wyvern. Hoggard is my uncle.”

“Ah.”

Facing Catherine’s smiling face, Kitty felt apologetic. For a moment, she had misunderstood and secretly resented her, thinking she had a special relationship with Ethan.

She had thought they could be good friends, but the moment she saw her with Ethan, she unknowingly became sulky.

“Catherine, I’m sorry for misunderstanding.”

Kitty apologized, looking dejected. Her cat ears, as perky as a wolf’s, drooped.

Catherine wanted to gush at the cuteness, but she knew Ethan wouldn’t allow it.

“It was my fault, Miss.”

She simply extended her hand with genuine interest.

Kitty took Catherine’s hand and shook it in apology.

Munch― [Sound effect for a gentle squeeze or nibble.]

Catherine liked Kitty even more. She truly was a young lady who deserved the nickname ‘Soft Paw’.

“It was my fault. Ethan asked me to find out what gifts to give your friends, but the investigation was delayed, so I had to report to you at night.”

“Ethan, did you bribe my friends?”

Kitty shifted her gaze and looked into his eyes. Ethan subtly avoided her gaze.

“……Because I want you to like me.”

“…….”

The atmosphere became soft again. The clouds that had been covering the bright moon moved aside, illuminating his slightly flushed cheeks.

Seeing Ethan’s blush, Kitty knew she held a special place in his heart.

“I’ll be going now, Kitty.”

Ethan said as the clouds covered the moonlight again. Kitty understood that he couldn’t delay any longer.

“You must come back safe and sound, Ethan.”

“You stay healthy too.”

It was a simple, Ethan-like farewell.

Kitty said goodbye to Catherine as well, then waved her soft paw at the black wolves as they disappeared into the distance.

Was it a minute later? Ethan, who had been leaving without looking back, strode back.

He embraced her within the hem of his coat, just as he had done on the balcony. His scent enveloped her.

Ethan hugged Kitty tightly, then let her go and whispered.

“Call me Ethan next time we meet.”

“…….”

Kitty had to calm her pounding heart until he disappeared beyond the horizon.

Glancing to the side, she saw a dandelion bouquet with only the stems left after all the seeds had been blown away.

There was no mound or tombstone, but underneath it was where she had buried her mother and siblings.

Confirming that no one was around, Kitty carefully squatted down.

Thinking that her mother and siblings might be watching her from above, her face flushed again.

Kitty plucked the weeds covering the grave and murmured in a small voice, as if confessing a secret.

“The wolf who just left is Ethan Wyvern. He’s a prickly but kind wolf, and he was my teacher until recently.”

Of course, no answer came. But deep in Kitty’s heart, a question arose.

“In the future, maybe my…….”

“Kitty.”

“Hick!”

Kitty turned her head sharply. Jackal stood there with a dismayed face. Even though he was still half-asleep, his eyes were fierce.

That scary gaze was directed towards the direction Ethan had disappeared. He looked ready to form a pursuit squad and turn Ethan into a carpet.

“Kitty. Were you with Ethan?”

“…….”

If she said that Ethan bit her cheek, Jackal would transform and run off. Kitty transformed to protect Ethan and Catherine.

Poof―!

As a fluffy cat appeared, Jackal’s anger subsided a little. Kitty squatted on his shoes.

“Yawn― Jackal, I’m sleepy.”

“Kitty, Ethan didn’t do anything strange to you, did he?”

“No! Ethan just brought flowers to Mom and the siblings’ grave. Then, he talked about the watch he gave me and left.”

Jackal, who had picked Kitty up, frowned at the mention of the watch.

“A watch? You don’t mean a pocket watch with the Wyvern crest on it, do you?”

“Ah.”

As Kitty, who wasn’t good at lying, blinked, Jackal became even more dismayed.

Having watched Hoggard prepare for the proposal, he knew what that watch was. [Hoggard is likely preparing a marriage proposal.]

‘He gave the watch that is passed down only to the mistresses of Wyvern to my daughter.’

Moreover, offering flowers at the grave.

Jackal had planned to visit the grave with Kitty, who knew the location, with chrysanthemums as soon as dawn broke.

But Ethan seemed to have remembered the location of the grave, which Kitty had only mentioned a few times, and came to offer flowers late at night.

Furthermore, the flower he chose was a dandelion that resembled his daughter.

Jackal, being a male wolf himself, couldn’t possibly misunderstand Ethan’s intentions.

His expression worsened. Kitty had no choice but to employ her survival strategy.

“Yawn― I think Jackal is a very kind and strong wolf, so he’ll take me into the warm food storage.”

“You’re wrong. To the male who touches my daughter…….”

“Dad.”

“…….”

Munch― [Sound effect for a gentle bite.]

Kitty took advantage of his agitation and pressed down on Jackal’s arm. Each time her cute pink paw pad was squashed, Jackal’s anger subsided by 10 percent.

“Shall I brush your fur? Jerian had a lot of cat brushes hidden that he didn’t even open.”

“Ah, 좋아요 [Joayo – Korean for ‘good’].”

Kitty purred and curled up even more.

* * *

The next morning, I did stretching exercises twice as soon as I opened my eyes.

“Ha…… When are you really going to grow up.”

Next time, I was going to grow up in advance so that Ethan wouldn’t ask such a question.

Jackal, who had held me in his wolf form so that I could rest comfortably, turned into a human and poked my pink nose when he saw me stretching.

“Kitty. Why are you working so hard?”

“Um…… Because I want to look dignified today.”

If I answered that it was because I was curious about how Ethan would react when I became an adult, Jackal would head straight to the central training ground.

Winking, Jackal chuckled.

“Kitty. I plan to finish the work in the cat territory and leave around this afternoon.”

It was a schedule I had heard in advance, but I felt a little strange thinking about being separated from Nero, who was a reunited friend and relative, again.

But Karis will be alone in the Gridwolf mansion. Theo and Deon aren’t there either, so she must be very lonely.

‘I have to go back quickly and tell Karis that I can see the arrows.’

Thinking about how she would praise me, I straightened my shoulders. I quickly returned to my human form.

Because there was a place I wanted to stop by before leaving the cat territory.

“Jackal, can I go to the house I used to live in for a while?”

There might be something left that my mother had hidden.